Bamboo Bicycle Frame Making Workshop
David Wang, Founder of Bamboo Bicycles Beijing
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None!
Fee: $40.00
for bamboo
Workshop Overview
In the workshop everyone will make a up to four bamboo bicycle frames and participate in a discusison about how the experience of building a bicycle and the bamboo bicycle itself might be used in different contexts.
The workshop is broken down into three super fun stages: 1) Prepare and design your frame, 2) build the frame, 3) a ideation workshop on ideas for bamboo bicycles.
Please note that we have a maximum of 8 people for each workshop, but will build only 4 frames in each workshop. So, it might be best to do this with a friend so you can share the frame!
What is a bamboo bicycle?
At its core a bamboo bicycle is just another bicycle. However, we believe it’s special because making a bamboo frame is an accessible and fun experience regardless of ones skill level. In addition to this bamboo frames are: 1) light (~1.7kg); 2) vibration dampening; and 3) simply beautiful. The first bamboo bicycles was made in the 1890s, and in the past 10 years more and more people have been exploring how to use this material to make unique and personalized bicycles.
About the instructor
The course instructor, David Wang, has taught over 200 people to make their own bamboo bicycles in 2-day workshops in Beijing (Bamboo Bicycles Beijing). After arriving at MIT as a student in Urban Studies, David is excited to work across the MIT community to explore the potential of bamboo bicycles as method for building community and empowering young people.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD International Design Center, Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: David Wang, 310-895-8280, DWANG8@MIT.EDU
| Jan/11 | Mon | 01:00PM-06:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 01:00PM-06:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
| Jan/13 | Wed | 01:00PM-06:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
| Jan/14 | Thu | 01:00PM-06:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
| Jan/15 | Fri | 09:00AM-05:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
Workshop 1- This workshop will be extended across the whole week. The first day will be preparation and esign. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th days will be building the frames. Participants of this workshop can also elect to sign-up for the Bike Mechanics in the following week to install components on their bamboo frames.
4 OF 8 SPOTS WILL BE RESERVED FOR SUTD STUDENTS.
(Please do not sign up for both workshops!)
David Wang - Founder of Bamboo Bicycles Beijing, Max Feldstein-Nixon - Assistant, Candy Yang - Assistant
| Jan/22 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 9-451 |
| Jan/23 | Sat | 09:00AM-07:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
| Jan/24 | Sun | 09:00AM-07:00PM | IDC (N52 3rd fl) |
| Jan/25 | Mon | 11:00AM-05:00PM | 9-451 |
This a second workshop in which we will make 4 bamboo bike frames. It will consist of a preparation day, two intensive build days, and a final wrap up and ideation day.
Please note that the workshop is not inclusive of components (wheels, pedals, seat, etc) to install on the bike frame but we're more than happy to help you find them and install them!
(Please DO NOT sign up for both workshop sessions!)
David Wang - Founder of Bamboo Bicycles Beijing, Max Feldstein-Nixon - Assistant, Candy Yang - Assistant
Basic Camera and Classical Darkroom Techniques
Thery Mislick, Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $120.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Learn the basics of photographing with a manual film 35mm camera. Learn your way around the film darkroom: how to develop film and print photographs. No previous experience required. This is your opportunity to learn classic camera and darkroom techniques.
Cameras, film and paper available for student use during class time.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/04 | Mon | 04:00PM-07:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/05 | Tue | 04:00PM-07:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/11 | Mon | 04:00PM-07:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 04:00PM-07:00PM | W20-425 |
Thery Mislick - Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Beginning Oil Painting Workshop
Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction
In this class, students will learn the process of creating an oil painting from start to finish. The class will cover how to select and compose successful imagery for a canvas, underpainting, setting up and using a palette, as well as the basics of mixing colors.
Week 1 – Image selection and composition creation
Week 2 – Underpainting
Week 3 – Palette set up and mixing color
Week 4 – Work session with guidance from instructor
A list of materials will be sent out prior to the first day of class.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/05 | Tue | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/19 | Tue | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/26 | Tue | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor
Beginning Pottery Wheel
Darrell Finnegan, Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
This four week workshop will introduce you to the basics of wheel throwing, trimming and glazing your creation. Learn the basic techniques that allow you to confidently create on the potter’s wheel!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/07 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/14 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/21 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/28 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
Darrell Finnegan - Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Bellringing in Towers
Ellena Popova, Naomi Schurr
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
What we do: Ring tower bells in permutations (n!), like Paul Revere (and a bunch of English people) at Old North Church and Church of the Advent in Boston. Learn change-ringing, the traditional British style of ringing bells. We follow mathematical patterns instead of sheet music to ring up to 8 large tower bells with each bell controlled by a single rope.
Change ringing = Combinatorics + Music. Those changes in the order of the bells’ sounding that constitute a method are governed by 4 rules: (a) no bell may move more than one position at each change/row; (b) each bell sounds once in each row; (c) no row is repeated; and (d) the ringing begins and ends in Rounds.
Curious? Learn more on our group website, under the "Ring with Us" section: http://bellringers.scripts.mit.edu/www/, or just come on out and join us!
Please wear comfortable, warm clothes. No previous musical experience necessary. IAP is a great time for first-time learners! We often go out to eat after practice, and you are welcome to join us. The Guild of Bellringers is a secular organization. All are welcome.
Meet in Building 66, Green Building side, at the designated times (or let us know if you'll be there a little later, so we can wait for you.) T-fare to the tower is provided.
Sponsor(s): Guild of Bellringers
Contact: Ellena Popova, bellringers-contact@mit.edu
| Jan/13 | Wed | 06:30PM-09:30PM | Meet in Bldg 66 |
| Jan/20 | Wed | 06:30PM-09:30PM | Meet in Bldg 66 |
| Jan/27 | Wed | 06:30PM-09:30PM | Meet in Bldg 66 |
Rehearsal starts at 7pm, so we will meet in Building 66 at 6:30 to take the T to the Church of the Advent, which is in Beacon Hill. T fare is provided. Wear warm clothes as we will walk from Charles MGH station to the Church.
| Jan/16 | Sat | 10:30AM-01:30PM | Meet in Bldg 66 |
| Jan/23 | Sat | 10:30AM-01:30PM | Meet in Bldg 66 |
| Jan/30 | Sat | 10:30AM-01:30PM | Meet in Bldg 66 |
Rehearsal starts at 11am, so we will meet in Building 66 at 10:30am to take the T to Old North Church, which is in the North End. T fare is provided. Wear warm clothes as we will walk outside, and the tower may be cold.
Build Flying Widgets
Sam Hunter Magee, Manager, Student Arts Programs
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 5 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
Looking for students to help develop an innovative and unique idea.
As of now, several working prototyopes exist. They need to be refined and more working parts developed.
In short, this is a device that can be attached to objects that will change the objects behavior if used outside its normal parameters. This has large scale implications in many industries.
If you have expertise with accelerometers, gyroscopes, arduinos, simple physics, design, and programming, this is the IAP course for you.
CONTACT: flyingwidgets@gmail.com to sign up.
Contact: Sam Magee, E15-205, 617 253-4004, SAMMAGEE@MIT.EDU
| Jan/06 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | W20-42 /START STUDIO, bring your laptop |
| Jan/13 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | W20-42 /START STUDIO, bring your laptop |
| Jan/20 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | W20-42 /START STUDIO, bring your laptop |
| Jan/27 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | W20-42 /START STUDIO, bring your laptop |
I can easily rearrange the date and times based on attendees' schedules.
Sam Hunter Magee - Manager, Student Arts Programs
Build your own Electric Guitar
Hayami Arakawa, Asst. Director
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/22
Limited to 5 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Non
Fee: $50.00
for Membership
Now in its eighth year, this popular class continues to build on the long-standing tradition of instrument making in the Hobby Shop. Making full use of the Shop’s many tools, including the CNC router, students will build, finish and assemble their own solid-body, bolt-on neck electric guitar or bass.
The types of instruments available to choose from include Stratocaster and Telecaster-style guitars and a Precision-style bass. The first step in the process is a required meeting with the instructor in December to select instrument type, body and other parameters. The result will be a bill of materials that each student must order and have delivered prior to the beginning of class. The cost of these parts will depend on the wood and components selected with the lower end of the range (for good quality parts) of approximately:
Stratocaster-style guitar, $400
Telecaster style guitar, $375
Precision-style bass, $350
When the workshop begins, students will transform a prepared blank into a completed body, ready to accept the production-made neck and other components.
Sponsor(s): Hobby Shop
Contact: Hayami Arakawa, W31-031, 617 253-4343, HAYAMI@MIT.EDU
| Jan/06 | Wed | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
| Jan/07 | Thu | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
| Jan/13 | Wed | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
| Jan/14 | Thu | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
| Jan/20 | Wed | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
| Jan/21 | Thu | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
| Jan/27 | Wed | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
| Jan/28 | Thu | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 5 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: MIT Hobby Shop membership
Fee: $50
Hayami Arakawa - Asst. Director, John Armstrong - Instructor
Ceramica Botanica
Darrell Finnegan, Technical Instructor, Studio Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Prereq: Prior wheelthrowing experience
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Nature is a wonderful source of inspiration. Both wheel thrown and hand-built vessels will be stretched, altered and manipulated in various ways with a nature theme. Exploring numerous surface techniques, we will transform your vessel into a functional form or sculptural object. Think large leaf platters, perhaps plump peach pitchers or over-sized sculptural pears. This workshop will involve both wheel work and handbuilding techniques. Prior wheel skills are a prerequisite.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/05 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/19 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/26 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
Darrell Finnegan - Technical Instructor, Studio Manager
Chirimen-Zaiku: The Art of Japanese silk crepe craft
Mineko Sasaki
| Jan/14 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:00PM | E40-464 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 10 participants
Fee: $10.00
for materials
Mineko Sasaki, an accomplished instructor of Chirimen-zaiku, will assist you in creating your own crepe craft to take home.
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MIT Japan Program
Contact: Christine Pilcavage, csp18@mit.edu
Cocktails 201: Rum, Ron, Rhum
Jared Sadoian '10
| Jan/25 | Mon | 06:00PM-07:00PM | 500A Commonwealth Av |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: Participants must be 21 or older by 01/25/16 w/ a valid ID
Fee: $65.00
for supplies
More than nearly any other spirit category, rum has grown explosively over the past decade. Not only does it represent a great value compared to Scotch, Brandy, and American whiskey, Rum also is one of the only spirits that can cater to a wide audience of spirits enthusiasts and cocktail-centric bartenders alike. This seminar will cover the history of rum from its origins in the Caribbean to its spread throughout the world, and include a flight of rums demonstrating the variety of styles and flavors in this fantastically delicious spirit.
This seminar will be led by Jared Sadoian '10, Bar Manager at The Hawthorne and Rob Ficks, Head Bartender at Craigie on Main. The seminars will meet at The Hawthorne, a craft cocktail lounge located inside the Hotel Commonwealth in Boston's Kenmore Square.
Register today! Password "cocktails 201"
Other opportunties:
Cocktails 101: Section C -- from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Mondays, February 1 and 8. $150.00
2/1 Tequila $65
2/8 Vermouth $70
PSW: "cocktails 201"
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Coiling, Corking, Crochet: Simple One-Tool Handcrafts
Jeanne Wildman
| Jan/04 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 2-103 |
| Jan/11 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 2-103 |
| Jan/25 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 2-103 |
Enrollment: sign-up before each session encouraged but not required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Traditional handcrafts offer many benefits even in this technological age. Working in colorful fibers and beads with simple tools allows for creative expression, tactile satisfaction and production of practical custom goods (plus there is a bit of research associating crafting with improved mental health). In this three-session series, learn basic techniques that are portable enough to take to a café or on the T. Coiling is an ancient form of basketry using materials as different as pine needles and plastic grocery bags. Corking, also called spool knitting or round knitting, is a fast way to produce cords and jewelry. Crochet can convert many types of fibers into wearable items as well as housewares. Each Monday afternoon session, which can be taken separately, will take you far enough to produce a small project; there will be some craft examples and/or history, tea and socializing along the way. Advance sign-up strongly encouraged (so that materials will be available for you).
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Jeanne Wildman, jwildman@mit.edu
Composite Forms
Darrell Finnegan, Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Prereq: Pottery wheel experience
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
This four week workshop will focus composite forms; forms created from the combining of two or more wheel thrown parts. Learn the ‘how to’s’ of making a graceful compote or multi-sectioned vase. Intermediate wheel skills are a prerequisite.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/07 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:30PM | w20-431 |
| Jan/14 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:30PM | w20-431 |
| Jan/21 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:30PM | w20-431 |
| Jan/28 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:30PM | w20-431 |
Darrell Finnegan - Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Comprehensive Overview of Arduino Microcontrollers for Creative Exploration (8-day workshop)
Kyle Keane, Lecturer, Craig Carter, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
| Jan/11 | Mon | 01:00PM-04:00PM | TBD, Students should bring a laptop to each class. Befo |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | TBD, Students should bring a laptop to each class. Befo |
| Jan/13 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | TBD, Students should bring a laptop to each class. Befo |
| Jan/14 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | TBD, Students should bring a laptop to each class. Befo |
| Jan/15 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | TBD, Students should bring a laptop to each class. Befo |
| Jan/19 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | TBD, Students should bring a laptop to each class. Befo |
| Jan/20 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | TBD, Students should bring a laptop to each class. Befo |
| Jan/21 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | TBD, Students should bring a laptop to each class. Befo |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none; however, see note about
This is an 8-day experiential immersion into electronics and prototyping where participants will learn all of the foundational skills required to collaborate, design, and build complete electronics projects using open-source microprocessors. No previous experience with computer programming or electronics is required, since participants will be taught everything they need to know. Advanced students are welcome and will be accommodated with a faster pace and more free time to work on projects. Each day during the first week, there will be a short (20 minute) lecture about some aspect of building collaborative Arduino projects. Following the lectures, participants will break into small teams (2-4 members per team) to complete an activity that requires the application of the concepts covered in the lecture. Participants will be encouraged to form a new team every day during the first week. The five concepts that will be covered sequentially are: collaborating on software development using GitHub, the basics of electricity and circuits, programming Arduino microcontrollers, physical computing and tangible interfaces, and the complete design process. During the second week, participants will divide into slightly larger teams (3-6 members per team). These teams will have three days to design, plan, and build a final project that they will present to the rest of the course participants on the last day of the course.
If new to Arduino, consider taking 1-day crash course first.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Kyle Keane, 13-4061, kkeane@mit.edu
Crafting the Cosmos - Handmade Projects and Introductory Astrophysics
Zach Berta-Thompson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Kavli Institute
| Jan/05 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | TBD |
| Jan/07 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | TBD |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | TBD |
| Jan/14 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | TBD |
| Jan/19 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | TBD |
| Jan/21 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | TBD |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none
The Universe is a big, complex, beautiful place. While astrophysical concepts can sometimes be difficult to grasp in the abstract, many can be brought to Earth through connection to hands-on projects. This course aims to provide a setting where exploring the Universe with astrophysics is set on equal footing with learning a new craft like knitting or sketching. Each class will combine brief lectures on introductory astrophysics concepts with related crafts activities. Topics will include stars, exoplanets, black holes, and cosmology. Students will leave every session with an object they created - either a piece of art or a scientific measurement instrument.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Zach Berta-Thompson, 37-641, zkbt@mit.edu
Create Your Own Comic! (Artistic Ability Optional)
Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze, Ph.D, Lecturer, CMS/W
| Jan/11 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 56-167, bring laptop |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 56-167, bring laptop |
| Jan/13 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 56-167, bring laptop |
| Jan/14 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 56-167, bring laptop |
| Jan/15 | Fri | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 56-167, bring laptop |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/08
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None
Collaborate with peers to write stories, create scripts and storyboards, create comics, and publish on our class blog. We’ll discuss students’ favorite comics and graphic novels, as well as those from the broad range of genres, styles, and media currently available. We’ll discuss different theories of comic and graphic novel form, including those from the US, Asia, and Europe. Brief in-class writing assignments, story drafts, scripts, and story-boards will be published on our class blog. Students will collaborate to create comics, in genres and styles of their choice, informed by our discussions.
Please sign up via email. Include your name, MIT email address, your student status or MIT title, MIT department/section, and a sentence or two about why you're interested in the workshop.
Special Instructions: The work we do in class will be published on our class blog, but you can opt out of sharing your work online. After signing up via email, on Jan. 11 please bring your laptop and charger, your favorite comic or graphic novel (a link online is ok), and a couple of ideas for short stories - from real life or your imagination - that you’d like to create in graphic or comics form. Estimated work on comic outside of class: 1-2 hours per day on first four days.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze, E39-115AA, rtb@mit.edu
Creature and Character Creations in Clay
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Construct a miniature of your favorite character or creature using a variety of hand-building techniques. This class is for the creative person, as you are only limited by your imagination!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/08 | Fri | 03:30PM-06:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/15 | Fri | 03:30PM-06:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/22 | Fri | 03:30PM-06:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/29 | Fri | 03:30PM-06:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Creature and Character Creations in Clay 2
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Construct a miniature of your favorite character or creature using a variety of hand-building techniques. This class is for the creative person, as you are only limited by your imagination!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/08 | Fri | 06:30PM-09:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/15 | Fri | 06:30PM-09:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/22 | Fri | 06:30PM-09:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/29 | Fri | 06:30PM-09:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Daytime Knitting
Fabiola Hernandez
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Come to this 4 session class and Arachne your way to relaxation, warmth, creative expression, and easy gifts for newly made humans (or preexisting nice ones).
Skill level: all levels welcome.
All variety of humans welcome.
Contact: Fabiola Hernandez, N52-496, 617-253-9494, fabiolah@mit.edu
| Jan/06 | Wed | 11:00AM-01:00PM | N52-496 |
Talking about fibers, selecting a project, shopping for some threads (real threads this is not the vernacular for readymade clothing) (2 hr)
Fabiola Hernandez
| Jan/13 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | N52-496 |
Cast on and get started!!! (1 hr)
Fabiola Hernandez
| Jan/20 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | N52-496 |
Keep knitting and tell us about your thread troubles (1 hr)
Fabiola Hernandez
| Jan/27 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:30PM | N52-496 |
How to close different sets of stitches, and relishing in the pride of your lovely finished project because knitting feels good (1.5 hr)
Fabiola Hernandez
Digital to Analog Black and White Photography
Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $120.00
for For technical instruction and materials
The intersection of digital and analog processes creates an interesting area for investigation in photography. During this workshop students will create analog photographs from digital images using various forms of negatives.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/06 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-426 |
| Jan/13 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-426 |
| Jan/20 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-426 |
| Jan/27 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-426 |
Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor
DN Class Iceboat Building (and hopefully sailing)
Bill Buchholz, Professional Boat Builder, Repairer and Restorer, John Brisson, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
| Jan/04 | Mon | 01:00PM-03:00PM | N51 SEVT Space |
| Jan/05 | Tue | 08:00AM-09:30AM | N51 SEVT Space |
| Jan/07 | Thu | 08:00AM-09:30AM | N51 SEVT Space |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 08:00AM-09:30AM | N51 SEVT Space |
| Jan/14 | Thu | 08:00AM-09:30AM | N51 SEVT Space |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/20
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
There aren't many things one can build with simple materials and basic skills, and then take it out and go sixty miles per hour. We'll be building four DN class iceboats in this course with which one can do exactly that. And, weather permitting, we will take a day to go iceboat sailing on a nearby lake using existing boats. We'll be working with uni-directional cellulose fiber, also known as spruce, the same kind of wood that's used to build airplanes.
All materials will be provided. Using hand and powers tool, students will lay out, cut and install all the small wooden parts that make up this mile-a-minute machine.
Students will come away from the course with new skills in woodworking, fiberglassing and fine craftsmanship. Dynamics of sailing will also be discussed.
Note: It is unlikely the boats will be completed over the two weeks. They'll be finished either later in the year or next IAP.
Set class times include four instructional sessions on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. However, the workspace will be open approx. 8 hours a day mornings and afternoons, and participants should be able to work several hours daily over the course of the first two weeks of IAP (Jan. 4 through 15). Possible dates for iceboating trips include Jan. 9, 10, 16 and 17. The right conditions are needed, and we will go out when the ice is good.
Participants will be selected by the week of Dec. 21. Please include brief info about yourself, interest in and commitment to the course, etc.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Jesse Delaughter, 35-216, JESSED@MIT.EDU
EC.S02: Applied Innovations through Bicycle Dynamics (AIBD)
Jacob Izraelevitz, Jack Whipple
| Jan/05 | Tue | 01:00PM-03:00PM | N51-350 |
| Jan/06 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | N51-350 |
| Jan/07 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:00PM | N51-350 |
| Jan/08 | Fri | 01:00PM-03:00PM | N51-350 |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 01:00PM-02:00PM | N51-337 |
| Jan/15 | Fri | 01:00PM-03:00PM | N51-337 |
| Jan/19 | Tue | 01:00PM-02:00PM | N51-337 |
| Jan/22 | Fri | 01:00PM-03:00PM | N51-337 |
| Jan/26 | Tue | 01:00PM-02:00PM | N51-337 |
| Jan/29 | Fri | 01:00PM-03:00PM | N51-337 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
A hands-on introduction to alternative uses of bicycles with an emphasis on dynamics, handling and creativity. The focus of the class is the construction of a creatively engineering pedal powered contraption, past examples include: tank tread bicycle for the snow, swing bike, shopping cart bike etc. MIG welding, basic metal fabrication and bicycle mechanics will be covered. Participants will need to provide a working bike as material for their project, shop supplies and consumables will be provided. Assistance in obtaining a working bike for materials may be available. Lectures will cover bicycle history, power, dynamics and use of bicycle power in the developing world. Participants should budget an additional 20 hours of independent workshop time in addition to the meetings listed. No experience required but we do require copious amounts of enthusiasm and motivation. Fill out this survey https://goo.gl/yP9Qzw if interested.
The Edgerton Center posting is located here: https://edgerton.mit.edu/courses/aibd
Note: This activity is offered for-credit as p/d/f, 3 units.
Sponsor(s): Edgerton Center
Contact: Jacob Izraelevitz, 5-423, jsi@mit.edu
Getting Started with Arduino Programming and Electronics Prototyping (1-day crash course)
Kyle Keane, Lecturer, Craig Carter, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
| Jan/06 | Wed | 09:00AM-12:00PM | TBD, Participants should bring a laptop to each session |
| Jan/06 | Wed | 01:00PM-05:00PM | TBD, Participants should bring a laptop to each session |
| Jan/08 | Fri | 09:00AM-12:00PM | TBD, Participants should bring a laptop to each session |
| Jan/08 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | TBD, Participants should bring a laptop to each session |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 40 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: None
This series includes four independent sessions: 2 half-day guided introductions to Arduino programming and 2 half-day open Arduino mini-makerspaces. We provide all the necessary equipment for all four sessions (except laptops, you should bring your own laptop). Participants should register for each session that wish to attend separately, it is recommended to register for 1 guided introduction and 1 mini-makerspace.
For those who wish to delve deeper, consider following this course with the 8-day "Comprehensive Overview of Arduino" course offered weeks 2-3 of IAP by the same instructors.
Session Description (A guided intro to Arduino programming):
Morning Sessions (Choose from Jan. 6 or Jan. 8)
This is a 3-hour survey of Arduino programming and circuit construction, designed for those with no previous experience in computer programming or electronics. The course will start with a 30-minute lecture about Arduinos, how to program them, and how to use basic electronic components (breadboards, resistors, LEDs, buttons). Participants will then receive instructions and materials to complete a simple Arduino project (controlling an LED and motor using a button and potentiometer).
Session Description (Open Arduino mini-makerspace):
Afternoon Sessions (Choose from Jan. 6 or Jan. 8)
We will host a fully-stocked Arduino mini-makerspace. Participants will have access to breadboards, Arduinos, motors, LEDs, resistors, buttons, and a whole bunch of sensors.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Kyle Keane, 13-4061, kkeane@mit.edu
Hands on PCB Fabrication of Cloud Connected Devices
Isaac Ehrenberg, Joshua Siegel
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Have you ever wanted to design and build your own electronics, but lack the time, money and equipment to figure it all out? In this course, you will learn the principles behind Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design, fabrication, and wireless connectivity, as well as gain experience designing and assembling boards. Students will learn the basics of designing PCBs in EAGLE, get to set up a pick-and place machine, and learn about reflow and hand soldering of surface mount components. Members of the course will leave having built and programmed simple Internet of Things (IoT) enabled devices over four two-hour sessions. Enrollment limited to 10 students.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Isaac Ehrenberg, 617 324-1984, iappcb2016@MIT.EDU
| Jan/11 | Mon | 09:00AM-11:00AM | Room 35-308, Bring Your Laptop |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 09:00AM-11:00AM | Room 35-308, Bring Your Laptop |
| Jan/13 | Wed | 09:00AM-11:00AM | Room 35-308, Bring Your Laptop |
| Jan/14 | Thu | 09:00AM-11:00AM | Room 35-308, Bring Your Laptop |
Isaac Ehrenberg, Joshua Siegel
Hands-on Aerospace: Balsa Wood Glider Competition with MIT Design/Build/Fly
Morrisa Brenner
| Jan/11 | Mon | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 33-419 |
Enrollment: Advance sign-up requested; some walk-in spots may be available.
Sign-up by 01/06
Learn from the MIT Design/Build/Fly (DBF) team about basic aerodynamics, weight and balance, and modeling techniques. Then apply them in a competition to design and build the best balsa wood glider. May the best glider win! (MIT DBF competes in the international AIAA/Cessna/Raytheon DBF Competition, using state-of-the-art techniques to design and build high-performance remote-controlled aircraft.)
[This activity is part of the Hands-On Aerospace series sponsored by Aero/Astro running Jan 11-15. Participants welcome at individual sessions; priority may be given to registered class members and undergraduates. See the Hands-On Aerospace listing for full schedule.]
Sponsor(s): Aeronautics and Astronautics
Contact: Morrisa Brenner, hands-on-aerospace@mit.edu
How to Build a Laser Pointer
Grant Falkenburg
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: some experience with hardware and electronics helpful.
Lasers are cool and so are you. So why haven't you built any yet?
Wait, you don't know how? Let's fix that.
For the intro class the goal is to make it as easy
as possible to order some parts and build your own custom laser pointer!
The advanced class is geared towards those who have experience building things and want to try
building a more challenging laser pointer. Lase on!
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Eta Kappa Nu
Contact: Grant Falkenburg, grantf@mit.edu
| Jan/23 | Sat | 12:00PM-02:00PM | 66-154 |
| Jan/24 | Sun | 12:00PM-02:00PM | 66-154 |
In this class we'll discuss the design process behind building
lasers, bridging the gap between theory and practice. Emphasis is placed on
learning about actual components and knowing when to use them. Topics
include laser diode, driver, and hardware options and acquisition,
along with practical building techniques.
Grant Falkenburg
| Jan/23 | Sat | 03:00PM-05:00PM | 66-154 |
| Jan/24 | Sun | 03:00PM-05:00PM | 66-154 |
This class aims to stretch the realm of possibilities with laser
pointers. Ultra small, efficient, and powerful laser pointers will be reviewed,
discussing practical implementations and limitations. Emphasizes
optimizing optics and electronics, offering insight to various
concepts involved in laser pointers. Topics include driver design
with component and topology selection, and lens, battery, hardware
selection.
Grant Falkenburg
IAP math + knitting
Teal Guidici
Enrollment: complete form: http://goo.gl/forms/mQCbk61E0w
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Looking to spread your love of mathematics through the soft power of hand knits? Wish you had squishy, approachable models of mathematical objects for classroom purposes? Or perhaps regular knitting patterns just aren’t…..mathy enough for you.
Whatever the case, these classes in mathematical knitting will help you achieve your mathy and/or knitterly dreams.
Session 1 will cover the construction of hyperbolic planes and Moebius strips, while in Session 2 we will discuss knitting patterns based on fractals, numerical sequences and, time permitting, space-filling curves.
These classes will be suitable for all levels of knitting experience, provided experience >0.
Update: Class is at capacity, but you can sign up to be included in email list for course materials
Please fill out the following form to register for the class or to be put on the wait list: http://goo.gl/forms/mQCbk61E0w . An email confirmation of enrollment or waitlist status will be sent in a moderately timely manner, as will a materials list. Instructor can be reached at teal_morgan@alum.mit.edu if you have questions about either session.
Sponsor(s): Mathematics
Contact: Teal Guidici, teal_morgan@alum.mit.edu
| Jan/26 | Tue | 04:00PM-07:00PM | 4-253 |
Things that won't lay flat: Moebius strips and hyperbolic planes. Tired of knitting scarves with two sides? Longing for your knitting to break free from Euclidean constraints? Or just ready for a knitting challenge?
Then this knitting class is for you! We'll cover the basics of knitting Moebius strips and hyperbolic planes. Additionally we'll discuss how stitch patterns can be adapted to yield a non-Euclidean surface.
| Jan/28 | Thu | 04:00PM-07:00PM | 4-253 |
Color and nothingness: Mandelbrot, Fibonacci, Peano. Have a passion for lace, but bored with knitting feathers, fans or flowers? Is your color work lacking self-similarity? In this class we'll look at patterns based on the Fibonacci sequence and Sierpinski's triangle. We'll also discuss how to use color work and lace knitting techniques to
create a pattern based on a fractal, numerical series or space filling curve.
Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arrangement
Hiroko Matsuyama
| Jan/28 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:30PM | E40-496 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Fee: $10.00
for Materials (due at time of registration)
Hiroko Matsuyama, an accomplished instructor of the Ohara school of Ikebana, will show you the basics of this ancient art as you create your own flower arrangements.
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MIT Japan Program
Contact: Christine Pilcavage, csp18@mit.edu
Interpreting a Still Life-Beginning & Intermediate
Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction
“ Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.” -Paul Cezanne
Students will learn about painting from observation as well as how to make successful creative choices. During the workshop students will observe and abstract real objects through the medium of painting. Over the 4 classes drawings, sketches and one final painting will be created. Artists to look at: Wayne Thiebaud, Giorgio Morandi, Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse.
A list of materials will be emailed to registered students prior to the first class.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/06 | Wed | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/13 | Wed | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/20 | Wed | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/27 | Wed | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor
Introduction to Editing Wikipedia
Greta Kuriger Suiter, Collections Archivist, Phoebe Ayers, Librarian for Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze, Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Amy Carleton, Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Jessica Venlet, Library Fellow for Digital Archives
| Jan/22 | Fri | 02:00PM-05:00PM | 14N 132 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Join us for this IAP session to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia, the world’s largest reference work. From 2-3pm, we’ll offer an introduction to editing mechanisms and Wikipedia guidelines, and help new contributors get set up with usernames and articles. From 3-5pm, we’ll work on improving articles.
Staff from the Libraries and Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication who are experienced Wikipedians will be available to answer questions about editing, writing and researching for Wikipedia throughout the session. Both new and experienced Wikipedians are welcome. For participants fluent in multiple languages, working in any language Wikipedia is welcome and encouraged. Drop in any time during the session, and bring your questions and ideas for topics to work on! Computers will be available, but participants can also bring their own laptops. For the most up to date event details, visit our Wikipedia Meet-Up page.
Registration is not required, but encouraged. To register, visit the registration page.
Excited about Wikipedia possibilities? Join us for two other Wikipedia events for IAP: Wikipedia in the Classroom: Creating Digital Research and Writing Assignments (registration page). Writing Black History into Wikipedia (registration page).
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jessica Venlet, 14N-118, 617 715-4468, JVENLET@MIT.EDU
Introduction to Gum Bichromate Printing
Thery Mislick, Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $135.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Experience the joy of one of the earliest photographic printing processes while working from your own digital and/or analog images. This intensive workshop is designed to introduce students to the beautiful and versatile world of gum bichromate printing. Gum printing utilizes a contact negative and non-silver emulsion to produce delicate, painterly images that permit a high degree of artistic expression. The basic process is simple and fun. Class will cover all aspects of the gum process: paper preparation, negative preparation and printing. Students should bring three to five images or a selection of digital image files to the first class. Open to all levels of experience. The price reflects the cost of the provided materials. Attendance is required for the entire workshop.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/22 | Fri | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/23 | Sat | 01:00PM-06:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/24 | Sun | 01:00PM-06:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/29 | Fri | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/30 | Sat | 01:00PM-06:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/31 | Sun | 01:00PM-06:00PM | W20-425 |
Thery Mislick - Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Learn Massage1
John Bondlow
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/06
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $48.00
for members, $104 nonmembers
This course combines various massage techniques, with a cursory view of anatomy & physiology, theory and application of therapeutic massage. As is the nature of massage, this course is experiential and the material will be presented in lecture-demonstration, discussion, and hands-on participation. Have fun and feel great learning something very useful for you and for others. Visit mitrecsports.com for more information
This class is not available for PE credit.
Sponsor(s): Athletics, Physical Education
Contact: Stephanie Kloos, SKLOOS@MIT.EDU
| Jan/07 | Thu | 05:00PM-07:00PM | Z Center Media Room |
| Jan/14 | Thu | 05:00PM-07:00PM | Z Center Media Room |
| Jan/21 | Thu | 05:00PM-07:00PM | Z Center Media Room |
| Jan/28 | Thu | 05:00PM-07:00PM | Z Center Media Room |
John Bondlow
Mighty Mugs
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the mug. Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a mug fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you drink coffee or tea and are interested in clay, this class is for you!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/04 | Mon | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/11 | Mon | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/18 | Mon | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/25 | Mon | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Mighty Mugs Section 2
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the mug. Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a mug fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you drink coffee or tea and are interested in clay, this class is for you!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/04 | Mon | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/11 | Mon | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/18 | Mon | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/25 | Mon | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
MIT Writers' Group
Steven Strang
| Jan/04 | Mon | 12:00PM-01:00PM | E39-335 |
| Jan/11 | Mon | 12:00PM-01:00PM | E39-335 |
| Jan/25 | Mon | 12:00PM-01:00PM | E39-335 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/03
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: none
Calling all creative writers! Want to write something creative but need some motivation or support or some thoguhtful readers? Join other MIT writers to get advice about your own writing, to be a reader of other writers' work, and/or to get inspiration to write something. Any type of creative writing is welcomed: e.g., fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, memoirs, personal essays, plays, blog entries, book reviews. We help each other get started on a creative writing project, we help each other develop ideas and style, we function as engaged and encouraging readers of each other's material. The Group includes emerging and established writers. We meet every Monday from noon-1:00 p.m. in E39-335 (the same building that hosues Rebecca's Cafe in Kendall Square). Open to MIT undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, lectuers, staff and faculty.Please note that this is not a class and not a group for technical writing or for thesis writing.
Please email <smstrang@mit.edu> to register.
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Steven Strang, E39-115C, 617 253-4459, SMSTRANG@MIT.EDU
Nighttime Knitting
Fabiola Hernandez, Assistant IHP Officer, EHS, Rachel Kurchin, Hannah Clevenson, Danica Rili, Daniel Rich, Kelly Ran
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
For any of these challenges we offer you one brilliant solution: knitting!!!
Yes, come to this 4 evening session class and Arachne your way to relaxation, warmth, creative expression, and easy gifts for newly made humans (or preexisting nice ones).
Day 1: Selecting a project, shopping for some threads (real threads this is not the vernacular for readymade clothing), cast on and get started!!!
Day 2: Keep knitting …
Day 3: Knit some more … tell us about your thread troubles
Day 4: How to close your stitches (and finish your product), and relishing in the pride of your lovely finished project… because knitting feels good
Skill level: if you can hold two pencils, one in each hand, at the same time you are probably ok.
Cost: each person will need to provide their own needles and thread (cost varies with needle type and fiber chosen).
All variety of humans welcome. Should you have mastered knitting or should you simply wish to experiment with what actually constitutes “a knit-able fiber”… creativity is welcome.
Contact: Fabiola Hernandez, N52-496, 617-253-9494, fabiolah@mit.edu
| Jan/07 | Thu | 06:30PM-08:00PM | Lobby 10 - Lounge |
Selecting a project, shopping for some threads (real threads this is not the vernacular for readymade clothing), cast on and get started!!!
Location: Green circular chairs east of Lobby 10
Fabiola Hernandez - Assistant IHP Officer, EHS, Rachel Kurchin, Hannah Clevenson, Danica Rili, Daniel Rich, Kelly Ran
| Jan/14 | Thu | 06:30PM-08:00PM | Lobby 10 - Lounge |
Keep knitting...
Location: Green circular chairs east of Lobby 10
Fabiola Hernandez - Assistant IHP Officer, EHS, Rachel Kurchin, Hannah Clevenson, Danica Rili, Daniel Rich, Kelly Ran
| Jan/21 | Thu | 06:30PM-08:00PM | Lobby 10 - Lounge |
Knit some more ¿ tell us about your thread troubles
Location: Green circular chairs east of Lobby 10
Fabiola Hernandez - Assistant IHP Officer, EHS, Rachel Kurchin, Hannah Clevenson, Danica Rili, Daniel Rich, Kelly Ran
| Jan/28 | Thu | 06:30PM-08:00PM | Lobby 10 - Lounge |
How to close your stitches (and finish your product), and relishing in the pride of your lovely finished project¿ because knitting feels good
Location: Green circular chairs east of Lobby 10
Fabiola Hernandez - Assistant IHP Officer, EHS, Rachel Kurchin, Hannah Clevenson, Danica Rili, Daniel Rich, Kelly Ran
Oil Painting Workshop
Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction
This workshop is a mixed level class designed to accommodate both beginning and intermediate oil painting students. Beginners will learn how to compose strong imagery for a painting, mix color and basic painting skills. Intermediate students will have an opportunity to sharpen basic painting skills, and to enhance conceptual knowledge as well as experience with materials. Students will be encouraged to experiment with new painting surfaces and expand their palette. Existing artists will be discussed in relationship to work developed in class.
A list of materials will be sent out prior to the first day of class.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/05 | Tue | 08:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 08:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/19 | Tue | 08:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/26 | Tue | 08:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor
Quick Draw: A Crash Course for Absolute Beginners
Mauricio Cordero
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Fee: $100.00
for instructor fee
Learn to draw, even if you can’t. By practicing the most effective drawing techniques and applying the latest in cognitive research, this course helps novice/absolute beginners to draw what they see (representational drawing) in approximately 8 hours of class time. It provides a simple explanation of how the thought process interferes with the ability to draw, and then explains what “natural-born” talents do differently, thus guiding you towards adopting the same mindset. If you have the motor-skills to sign your name, then you have the ability to draw what you see. No magic elixirs or time travel required. Tuesday evenings from 6-8 p.m. Instructor website: http://mauriciocordero.com/instruction/
Location:56-167
We will work exclusively with graphite on paper
REGISTER here: http://bit.ly/1NZMAcX
$100 for 4 sessions or $30 per drop in session
Pay online before January 4th: paypal.me/MauricioCordero
Please specify "Quick Draw" in the payment description and if paying for Drop-In Classes, specify the dates.
Materials Fee: $35 optional, or please bring ALL the materials to class.
Paper: minimum 50 sheets of 9” x 12” mixed media 98lb paper-Canson XL Pad recommended
Mechanical Pencils: 2mm lead holder with 4b Leads, .5mm pencil
Small Graphite Sticks: 3B, 6B, 9B
Extra Large Graphite Sticks: 3B, 6B, 9B
Sandpaper: Course and Fine 1 Sheet Each
Erasers: 1 Kneaded, 1 Vinyl, Erasing Shield
Blending Stumps/Tortillons: Small, Medium and Large
Brush: Synthetic Flat Shader Brush
Sponsor(s): SpousesandPartners@mit
Contact: Mauricio Cordero, 781-552-1310, mcordero@mit.edu
Super Bowls
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the bowl. Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a bowl fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you like cereal, soups and salads and are interested in clay, this class is for you!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/06 | Wed | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/13 | Wed | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/20 | Wed | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/27 | Wed | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Super Bowls 2
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the bowl. Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a bowl fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you like cereal, soups and salads and are interested in clay, this class is for you!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/06 | Wed | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/13 | Wed | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/20 | Wed | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/27 | Wed | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Team Challenge: Ceramics Coat of Arms
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor, Student Art Association
| Jan/06 | Wed | 09:00AM-12:00PM | W20-431, Come in comfortable clothes that can get dirty. |
| Jan/13 | Wed | 09:00AM-12:00PM | W20-431, Come in comfortable clothes that can get dirty. |
| Jan/20 | Wed | 09:00AM-12:00PM | W20-431, Come in comfortable clothes that can get dirty. |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 18 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Week one: Students will be issued a design challenge to create a coat of arms that represents their college experience, whether they are MIT students or SUTD students. The groups will have to agree on a design and then assign construction tasks. A basic demonstration of hand building techniques will be presented at the beginning of the first class, as well as a discussion of the general nature and physical properties of clay.
Week two: Discussion of the the chemistry of glazing, underglazing and chemical washes and the way that each react with cone 6 clay bodies in the kiln. Groups will have to agree on and divide up glazing responsibilities. At the end of week two, if time permits, the instructor will give a wheelthrowing demonstration and students will be allowed to experiment on the potters wheels. .
Week three: Finished pieces are out of the kilns and ready for group critique, after which they can be taken home. If time permits, students will be allowed to continue to experiment on the wheel and with handbuilding on the tables.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy DeBartolo, E15-205A, stacyp@mit.edu
The Art (and Engineering) of Bicycle Mechanics
Lennon Rodgers, Research Scientist
| Jan/19 | Tue | 01:00PM-05:00PM | N52 3rd floor |
| Jan/20 | Wed | 01:00PM-05:00PM | N52 3rd floor |
| Jan/21 | Thu | 01:00PM-05:00PM | N52 3rd floor |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/01
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Ability to ride a bicycle
Students will completely disassemble and reassemble a bicycle to learn about bicycle components, tools and mechanics. Related engineering concepts such as torque, speed, power, sprockets and mechanical advantage will be discussed and experienced.
For more information and to register: www.making-learning.org
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, MIT-SUTD International Design Center
Contact: Lennon Rodgers, N52 3rd floor, rodgers@mit.edu
Totally Teapots
Darrell Finnegan, Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Oval, wavy, stretched or crazy, the teapot is a wonderful subject that will show us a balance between functionality and creativity. In this 4 week intermediate and advanced level IAP workshop we will explore unusual forming techniques and surprising surface treatments that take us beyond the “round”. Would you like one lump or two?
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/05 | Tue | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/12 | Tue | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/19 | Tue | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/26 | Tue | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Darrell Finnegan - Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Two Bookbinding Styles
Kate Beattie, Preservation Associate, Ayako Letizia, Conservation Assistant
| Jan/07 | Thu | 10:00AM-01:00PM | 14-0513, Open to the MIT community |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/06
Limited to 12 participants
Learn two non-adhesive sewn bookbinding styles – Secret Belgian binding and Crossed Structure binding – using colorful boards, papers, and thread. Materials will be provided. We will have tools on hand to borrow for the duration of the class.
Please sign up for the class at http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2254132.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Rebecca Meyer, 14-0513, 617 253-5282, MEYERRL@MIT.EDU
Wikipedia in the Classroom: Creating Digital Research and Writing Assignments
Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze, Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Amy Carleton, Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies/Writing
| Jan/22 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 14N 132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 30 participants
When Wikipedia was founded in 2001, its difference from the traditional print model of encyclopedic writing was perhaps most apparent, but the fact that its content was generated by an alternative model—a non-centralized cadre of volunteer editors—offered the most significant difference. Almost overnight, there was an online reference tool that outpaced resources like Microsoft’s Encarta, and students and educators alike took notice. But not in a good way. Many instructors (myself included) made sure to include a clause in their syllabi that read: “Wikipedia does NOT count as a valid source.”
Fast-forward more than a decade and Wikipedia is the 7th most visited website in the world, containing well over 36 million articles in all its language editions. It now has high quality standards and a rigorous gatekeeping system in place. And another thing: many educators and academics now teach and collaborate with Wikipedia, often using best practices and resources developed by the Wiki Education Foundation.
In this workshop, will discuss how Wikipedia has evolved over the last decade and how it can be integrated into classroom instruction as a research tool and as a vehicle through which students can gain experience in writing for a public audience.
Please register via the registration page.
Immediately following this session we are hosting an Introduction to Editing Wikipedia event starting at 2:00 PM. Join us!
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jessica Venlet, 14N-118, 617 715-4468, JVENLET@MIT.EDU
Writing Black History into Wikipedia
Greta Kuriger Suiter, Collections Archivist, Phoebe Ayers, Librarian for Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze, Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Amy Carleton, Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Jessica Venlet, Library Fellow for Digital Archives
| Jan/29 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
In anticipation of Black History Month 2016, join us for an edit-a-thon to update and improve Wikipedia articles about African Americans in STEM fields (STEM = science, technology, engineering and mathematics.) We will look at the Blacks at MIT History Project for inspiration and resources from the MIT Libraries will be on hand.
Staff from the Libraries and Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication who are experienced Wikipedians will provide a short introduction and overview of editing Wikipedia and will be available to answer questions throughout the session. Drop in any time during the session, and come with questions and ideas for topics! For those fluent in multiple languages, working in any language Wikipedia is welcome and encouraged. Computers will be available, but participants can also bring their own laptops.
Learn more about this event on our Wikipedia Meet-Up page.
Registration is encouraged, but not required. Resigter online via the Libraries website.
Excited about Wikipedia possibilities? Join us for two other Wikipedia events during IAP: Wikipedia in the Classroom: Creating Digital Research and Writing Assignments. Visit the registration page for more details. Introduction to Editing Wikipedia. Visit the registration page for more details.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jessica Venlet, 14N-118, 617 715-4468, JVENLET@MIT.EDU
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